Can GPS Make Your Fleet Safer?

Your smart phone probably has a built-in GPS application. It can seem convenient, sure, but is it a safe feature to use while you’re powering a 3-ton hunk of moving metal? By fumbling with a handheld GPS feature, drivers put themselves at serious risk of an accident.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that more than 3,000 people died in distraction-related car crashes in 2010, and the National Safety Council says that alertness can drop by as much as 50 percent when a driver is using a cell phone to talk, text or operate an app.

With stats like that, it makes sense that people who drive for a living would take every precaution possible to keep from becoming distracted behind the wheel. Vehicle tracking systems can help to ease the burden of driver distractions by allowing a dispatcher or fleet manager to monitor vehicle progress remotely. With quality commercial vehicle tracking, your driver can lock up his smart phone and leave it in his pocket, where it belongs.

As a leader in bus, car and truck GPS tracking systems, Track Your Truck knows how to get your company vehicle where it needs to be, safely and efficiently.

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